February, '17] BUSINESS PROCEEDINGS 11 



Vice-President George A. Dean: Inasmuch as Dr. Hewitt will 

 probablj' be here tomorrow, the chair will appoint only one committee, 

 that on auditing. As there is considerable work for this committee 

 to do, it seems desirable that the appointment be made at once. I 

 will therefore designate Mr. W. E. Britton and Mr. R. A. Cooley to 

 take charge of the auditing. 



Is there anything that should come up under the head of miscella- 

 neous business? 



Secretary A. F. Burgess : At the last annual meeting a committee 

 was appointed to consider the matter of arranging the time of meeting, 

 and the program. Unfortunately this committee was not able to 

 present a report at the last session. It was the sense of the meeting, 

 however, that the Secretary arrange the program for this meeting 

 after consultation with the secretary of the Entomological Society of 

 America. Probably there is no one present who has looked over this 

 program that does not realize that it is exceedingly crowded. This 

 has been necessary in order to get all the papers included. If it is the 

 wish of the Association to jam forty papers into two sessions, the 

 Secretary can do it, but if we want more time, we must make arrange- 

 ments to have it. I would like to see the matter considered by a com- 

 mittee at this meeting, so that the wishes of the Association may be 

 complied with. 



Mr. T. J. Headlee: Some of us are very anxious to be able to 

 attend the sessions of this Association and those of the Entomological 

 Society of America, and we hoped that there would be no conflicts. 

 There have been, however, at this meeting, and I do not think it pos- 

 sible to escape them. If there are any, it is a question of the survival of 

 the fittest. The point made by the Secretary that he can jam forty 

 papers into two sessions is an indication that the number of papers is 

 so large that the time we would naturally use for cooperation with other 

 Associations is taken up. I am in sympathy with the idea of making 

 an effort to arrange the programs in harmony, and I think a committee 

 should be appointed to take the matter up and report at a later session. 



Secretary A. F. Burgess: The program was arranged this year 

 so that there would be no conflict in time between the meeting of the 

 Entomological Society of America and this Association and its sections. 



Mr. W. a. Riley: As long as this matter is bound to come up 

 year after year, some settlement should be made, and I think a com- 

 mittee should consider the matter. 



Mr. W. E. Britton: I beheve a committee should be appointed, 

 and that the secretaries of the various sections should be members of 

 the committee. 



Secretary A. F. Burgess: I would rather not be a member of the 



